Getting to be baetis time again; definitely a hint of Fall up here in NW MT.


hook - Dai Riki 320 #18
thread - Uni 8/0 olive dun
shuck/shellback - Congo Hair brown
rib - x-small wire copper
abdomen - pheasant tail
thorax - dubbing olive/grey
underwing - Congo Hair dun
overwing - CDC dun
legs - partridge
head - dubbing olive/grey


Part 1

Mash down barb, start thread, tie in rib and a few pheasant tail fibers; wrap back to bend






wrap pheasant forward to 60% mark; tie off and trim




tie in CH; pull to the back and capture with wire rib






continue rib forward; tie off, helicopter end and trim shuck (abdomen length)




dub thread, dub thorax